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Download full textVanderburg, Robert M.; Trotter, Paul – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Teachers have come under increased pressure to improve educational outcomes as Australia has sought to meet the challenges of competing on an international level. This intensified pressure has been accompanied by improved levels of funding, a National Curriculum for all Australian states, and territories, along with assessments to measure these…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Resilience (Psychology), Student Development, Foreign Countries
Direct linkReich, Kersten; Garrison, Jim; Neubert, Stefan – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2016
Against the background of the Deweyan tradition of "Democracy and Education," we discuss problems of complexity and reductionism in education and educational philosophy. First, we investigate some of Dewey's own criticisms of reductionist tendencies in the educational traditions, theories, and practices of his time. Secondly, we explore…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Progressive Education, Democracy, Education
Rothman, Robert – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2013
Based on data released December 3, 2013, from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), this Alliance for Excellent Education report reveals that the United States struggles to produce top performers in reading, math, and science at the rates of its international peers. These students, who the report calls the "deepest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement
Schaeper, Hildegard – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
The Bologna Process places special emphasis on the outcomes of higher education in terms of employability and key competencies. Taking Germany as an example, this article examines whether the introduction of a two-tier degree structure actually has led to an enhanced acquisition of key competencies. Based on constructivist learning theories, in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Regression (Statistics), Foreign Countries
Cumming-Potvin, Wendy – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
In this qualitative study, that took place in a coeducational government school in Western Australia, I adopt a social-constructivist perspective of learning (Rogoff, 1990; Vygotsky, 1986) to examine reading in an elementary classroom. The focus of this article is Nicholas, a grade-7 boy, who was identified as challenged by the literacy…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Qualitative Research
Mirici, I. Hakki – Online Submission, 2006
A new national curriculum in all subject areas is about to be introduced in elementary schools in Turkey. The new curriculum is based on a "Constructivist" approach. This discussion paper focuses on the new curriculum for English as a foreign language, noting that teachers need information about the philosophy of the new curriculum and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, National Curriculum
